Benjamin Haydon

Genius is nothing more than common faculties refined to a greater intensity. There are no astonishing ways of doing astonishing things. All astonishing things are done by ordinary materials.

Art is a reality, not a definition; inasmuch as it approaches a reality, it approaches perfection, and inasmuch as it approaches a mere definition, it is imperfect and untrue.

Men who have reached and passed 45, have a look as if waiting for the secret of the other world, and as if they were perfectly sure of having found out the secret of this.

It is good to be in front of the lens to appreciate more being behind the lens.

Buddha means awareness, the awareness of body and mind that prevents evil from arising in either.

I dreaded the dance scene in 'Love Actually' more than having my teeth extracted.